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aspire

as·pire

UK/əˈspaɪə(ɹ)/ US/əˈspaɪɚ/ uncommon archaic literary obsolete

verb

Origin

From Middle English aspiren, from Old French aspirer, from Latin aspīrō (“breathe on; approach; desire”).

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